奥数

奧數

àoshù

noun

Meanings

1 math olympiad / olympiad mathematics
2 competition math (training)

Characters

olympic (short for 奥林匹克)

math (short for 数学)

Examples

小学三年级就开始补奥数。

Xiǎoxué sān niánjí jiù kāishǐ bǔ àoshù.

They start olympiad-math tutoring in third grade.

他奥数拿过全国一等奖。

Tā àoshù ná guò quánguó yī děng jiǎng.

He won a national first prize in math olympiad.

双减之后,奥数培训班几乎都关门了。

Shuāngjiǎn zhīhòu, àoshù péixùnbān jīhū dōu guānmén le.

After the "double reduction" policy, almost all math-olympiad prep schools shut down.

Tips

culture

Short for 奥林匹克数学 (Olympic math). Once a massive after-school tutoring industry in China; heavily curtailed by the 2021 "双减" (double-reduction) policy on private tutoring.

Stroke Order

奥 ào

数 shù